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Catnip Games Acquires Shroud of the Avatar

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by DarkStarr, Oct 9, 2019.

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  1. Jens_T

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    @DarkStarr, @Chris congratulations. As a KS backer I wonder if CatNip games will honor the open pledge rewards - especially the printed novel and other open business transactions between individuals and Portalarium (e.g. POT transfers and similar transactions).
     
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    This is great news. Congratulations @Chris !
     
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    Congratulations and Good Luck!
     
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    Chris, now that the salaries of Richard and Starr are gone, let's hire a programmer and do Episode 2!
    (I know, you're not the story freak, Chris, but someone like
    Puuk in support of Sannio would raise all our hope for an awesome Episode 2 story ...)

    @Richard: We are still excited about the sequel to "Sword of Midras!" - We really would appreciate if you could announce when it gets finished :)

    @Starr, so (unfortunately) my analysis in this thread was not so wrong ;)

    A kind of sad about the "news", but hey: don't fear, our Chris is (still) here :.)
     
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    Is Starr still the Executive Producer and Richard the Creative Director, or are they you know, just players now (as that could be considered "involved in the community and within the game")?
     
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    Let there be Catnip!

    [​IMG]

    Surely they have to put more cats in the game now...right? ;)
     
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    What we really need is another cat massacre!
     
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    Interesting news, and certainly good luck towards the future. Will there be an updated team listing, and will anyone be departing?

    And to echo what others have said, what does this mean for people who backed during KS and Founders in terms of future reward commitments being fulfilled.
     
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    Will you @DarkStarr and @Lord British still be on staff? Also, congrats @Chris.
     
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    With catnip games.
     
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    "As of October 2019 Austin-based production studio Catnip Games has acquired the operating assets of Portalarium, Inc.; primary of which is Shroud of the Avatar."

    As a Seed Investor, I invested in "Portalarium" which now seems to have gone bye-bye? There were no SEC filings this year. So I'm guessing that was money well spent...

    On one hand I'm glad that the game will continue, on the other hand this news does not fill me with confidence. Whatever Chris and Catnip games are planning, please prove me wrong on this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
     
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    It sounds like "no."
     
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    Catnip games has their own staff and no change in salaries of Richard and Starr according to Chris'stream I just watched. They are both still involved with the game. Not much changes he said. We will see. Hopefully for the better. This game deserves it.
     
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    I know @Chris is passionate about this game, so I hope we'll see some positive progress... Congrats @Chris! I hope you'll be able to bring all 5 episodes that were planned to fruition!

    But I agree with the open questions:
    1. Will outstanding backer rewards be honored?
    2. What does this mean for Starr and Richard (not in vague terms like "continue to be involved", but concrete information, please)
    3. What does this mean for the team, and how will this impact Episode 2?

    TIA!
     
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    Simply Chris is the glue that binds this game, this change gives me hope.
     
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    That doesn't really make sense. Catnip Games is a separate company. It's not a subsidiary of Portalarium. Would that make Richard/Starr Chris's employees? Are they moonlighting as both Portalarium and Catnip Games employees? The game was acquired by Catnip Games. That doesn't make the previous owners of the game automatically employees.

    The key phrase is "according to Chris".
     
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    That doesn't make sense either. The Seed Investors invested in Portalarium as a publishing company. They can't automatically become part of Catnip Games unless Catnip Games acquired Portaliarum as a subsidiary, and not just the Shroud of the Avatar game assets.
     
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    I'm guessing since it's a separate company, it's either a buy out of seed shares, or we get shares in the new company.

    EDIT. Or I guess that means they just bought the game? No purchase of Port. Hmmm.. interesting.
     
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    My impression based on RG's statement is that he and Starr will show up in the game from time to time, but are not affiliated with Catnip Games.
     
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    I also watched his stream. I did not hear him state that there is an existing staff at Catnip Games.
     
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